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ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEWelcome to the Clubhouse
If you are visiting us for the first time, please take a few minutes to read through the articles here. If you wish to post a question, make sure you read the "Guide to posting". This exists as a topic in this forum.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEResources for learning English
This area contains links to sites that are especially geared to the needs of learners of English. Learners who wish to ask questions can do so on the regular discussion forums. (To see if a question has already been covered, try our Search function.)

This is a read-only area. Please post any comments, or suggestions for other sites that learners might find useful, at Comments and Suggestions on the Site.

The most recent check (21 June 2018) of the links included in the postings below has revealed some of those links to be broken. The postings in question are marked with a dagger (†) at the start of the posting title.

If you have any new information about the resources in question, please let us know in the "Comments and Suggestions on the Site" area (see the link above).

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEUsage and Writing
This is the place to post questions and discussions on usage and style. The members of the Wordwizard Clubhouse will also often be able to help you to formulate that difficult letter.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEWord Origins and Meanings
Discuss word origins and meanings.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEMiscellaneous
If you feel that your question or comment doesn't fit into the categories above, feel free to post it here.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEAddicts' Corner
This area has been established to allow you, our visitors and contributors, to get to know one another a bit better, or to discuss subjects of general interest, without feeling obliged to restrict your postings to language-related topics. But we draw the line at floccinaucinihilivilification.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMENo, wait. Don't tell me
We've created this area in the hope of seeing material ranging from some well-told (or well retold) jokes to original writing with a humorous slant, or anything else that might appeal to the kind of person who enjoys playing with words more than people. That probably means someone like yourself. N.B. -- Postings preceded by ** contain some sexual or risqué content. (Makes them easier to find.)

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEOh, and have you read...?
Read anything good recently? You don't have to write a review. If it was good, mention it here. If it was rotten, mention it here.

Please include both the name of the book and its author(s) in the title of your posting. Our gratitude for your considerateness will be your reward!

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEWord Games and Challenges
Here's where you can set a challenge or invite other Wordwizard members to take part in a word-related game of some kind.

To stop things getting too confusing, it's probably best to create a separate thread for each new game or challenge.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEUsage and Writing Archive
This formerly read-only archive of threads dates back to 1996, but as of March 2007 is open to new postings. For technical reasons, the early dates shown do not accurately reflect the actual date of posting.

Feel free to add new postings to any of the existing threads in the archived forums, but please create any new language-related threads in one of the Language Discussion Forums.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEWord Origins and Meanings Archive
This formerly read-only archive of threads dates back to 1996, but as of March 2007 is open to new postings. For technical reasons, the early dates shown do not accurately reflect the actual date of posting.

Feel free to add new postings to any of the existing threads in the archived forums, but please create any new language-related threads in one of the Language Discussion Forums.

ACCESS_FORUM_NAMEAsk the Wordwizard Archive
This is the full read-only archive of the "Ask the Wordwizard" section of the original Wordwizard site. The responses to the questions originate from Jonathon Green, the compiler of the Cassell Dictionary of Slang and numerous other dictionaries.